Presentations
What Is Healthy Eating?
Improved Digestion
Cleansing and Detoxification
Stress and Fatigue
Fats
Achieving Your Ideal Weight
Workshops
Weight Management
The Road to Healthy Eating
Adventures in Grocery Shopping
Nutrition and Allergy Group Services
Seminars/Presentations, Workshops — Group services are tailored to each client and audience. Please ask for a quote. (See below for special free talks.)
Presentations
Presentations/seminars are interactive sessions of about 1 hour each, but can be customized to fit your company needs. Contact us to arrange a free information session and to discuss pricing.
What Is Healthy Eating?
Confused about what to eat? This session covers the current recommendations, with tips and explanations on how to tweak these to suit individual needs and maximize nutrient-rich foods. All without gaining weight!
Improved Digestion
Participants learn how to balance out the digestive system and minimize abdominal discomfort. Discussion on IBS, Celiac disease, Crohn's, spastic colon, Candida, parasites, etc. Improve the immune system and general wellbeing.
Cleansing and Detoxification
Confused about the different cleansing systems and detox programs on the market today? Wondering if you should cleanse and how it would benefit you? This session is designed to clarify some of the misconceptions of cleansing and to discuss some of the most popular programs on the market. Which program one should start on and which programs should not be attempted if you have never cleansed before!
Stress and Fatigue
Our busy lifestyles wreak havoc with our bodies. Participants learn how to support the body by feeding it the nutrients necessary for a healthy nervous system— to get the most out of life!
Fats -- The Good, the Bad, and the Downright Scary
This session covers why we need fats, how much we need, the kinds of fats that are essential, what happens to fats when we cook with them, what fats we should absolutely avoid, and why.
Achieving Your Ideal Weight
A closer look at some of the popular diets: which ones work, which ones you should avoid, how to incorporate the elements that work into your lifestyle, good carbs and not-so-good carbs, and dangers of too many or too little carbs. Participants will also learn how and why the body stores fat, and what can be done about it.
Workshops
Designed as 10 weekly sessions of about 1 hour each, but can be customized to fit your company needs. Different workshop topics can also be developed. Contact us to arrange a free information session and to discuss pricing.
Weight Management
Stop dieting and start living!
This step-by-step program is designed to facilitate permanent lifestyle changes — the key to permanent weight loss — by introducing new behaviours that have maximum impact on weight control. Participants learn to maximize metabolism and minimize sugar cravings.
Every weekly session will challenge participants to incorporate a new change, ultimately giving each the tools to achieve their weight loss goals. Topics discussed include:
- Pros and cons of keeping a food diary
- Nutrient requirements
- Improving digestion
- Incorporating activity
- Carbohydrates and the glycemic index
- Identifying empty calorie foods
- Stress/emotional eating
The Road to Healthy Eating
Is paved with vegetables! :)
A series of interactive presentations designed to help participants make educated and healthy choices. Valuable information on:
- The food groups and our nutrient requirements
- Serving sizes
- Reading nutrition labels
- Fruits and vegetables — why they are so important
- Fats — which kind to eat
- Protein
- The right carbohydrates
- Making fibre your friend
- Improving athletic performance
Adventures in Grocery Shopping
How to find the healthy stuff!
For those who have ever thrown up their arms in defeat at the confusing food labels and misleading nutrition claims, and for those who just want to become savvy shoppers. This series of presentations is designed to help participants sort through the hype and misleading nutrition claims to make educated choices when grocery shopping.
- Deciphering the nutrition facts label
- What nutrition claims mean
- Reading the ingredients list
- Natural vs. organic
- Foods to stock up on and how to store them
- Health Check, Smart Spot, and Blue Menu — what do they mean
- Menu planning and making a shopping list
Free Presentations
Conquering Allergies
More and more people seem to be developing food allergies and environmental allergies. This presentation covers some of the reasons why this is happening, as well as what can be done first, before resorting to medications.
What to Look For in a Supplement
Not all supplements are created equal. Some cannot even be broken down and come out pretty much the same way they went in. This presentation goes over what kinds of supplements are worth the money, and what kinds are not.
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Corporate Presentations and Workshops
By sharing information on topics with maximum impact on overall health gives employees valuable information to improve their quality of life and health, and will likely result in reduced absenteeism and improved productivity.
Testimonials
"Thanks Andrea for being an awesome teacher and making the first course of CSNN a great experience."
Shannon P.
"Andrea, I really appreciate being able to listen to your recent seminar on allergies through the audio recording. Your delivery is measured, very clear and informative. Your didactic style will definitely get the message out to many listeners; you know your stuff and present it so that your audience gets it.
Mary and I both have people who will benefit greatly from this presentation.
Thank you very much for your time and effort in preparing and presenting this talk."
Meadowoods Health & Learning Enterprises
Presentations and Workshops are tailored to each client and audience. Please call 416-557-0997 to discuss topics and to request a quote.
